A. Payment Due. Except as outlined in this section, connection charges shall be due and payable at the time necessary building permits are obtained or, where no building permit is required prior to actual connection to the District’s works. For mobile home parks, connection charges shall be paid prior to the time of the first connection of a mobile home space, for the total number of mobile home spaces permitted by the terms of the use permit for the mobile home park. The charge to be paid is the charge that is applicable at the time that the charge is paid, and the permit obtained.

B. Hardship Cases. Where failing septic tank systems are certified as a health hazard and nuisance condition by the County health officer, and such sewer connection charges and other related fees are required by the District in order to allow the connection, property owners may plead the payment of connection or the District fees creates a hardship. In hardship cases, staff shall evaluate the request for hardship exemption. All hardship applicants must initially apply for financial assistance for payment of the District fees to a lending institution and be rejected by that lending institution.

C. Installment Payments. In hardship cases, sewer connection charges and other related fees required by the District in order to allow the connection, may be paid in installments over a fifteen-year period as provided by Section 5474 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California. Said installment payments will be added to the District’s sewer service charges for the connection and collected therewith along with the interest charges to be paid on the unpaid balance of such fees to be figured at eight percent per year, and that the amount of such fees or charges and interest thereon shall constitute a lien against the respective lots or parcels of land to which the facilities are connected at the time and in the manner specified in Sections 5473.5 and 5473.8 of the Health and Safety Code.

D. Appeal to Board of Directors. In those cases that are denied hardship status by the District Engineer, the applicant may appeal the decision within ten days to the Board of Directors, whose two-thirds vote shall be final. The financial information submitted to the District in such cases shall be considered confidential. (Ord. 60 §1, 1988; Ord. 27 §1, 1980; Ord. 4 §2.7, 1973)